Karnataka: Cabinet okays Udupi Hospital expansion
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Bangalore: The state cabinet has ordered the expansion of Udupi hospital and handed over the project to Business Magnet, B R Shetty. The Hospital which was earlier constructed under the Rajiv Arogyashree Scheme a few years back was due for expansion. The efforts will be directed to make a 70-bedded facility and slowly upgrade it to a 200-bed super specialty maternity and pediatric hospital.The expansion will thus help aid better facilities for patients in the state.
As Stated by law minister TB Jayachandra to TOI, Shetty wanted to take this work in the memory of his mother who was born in Udupi, and thus the project was given to him in this regard. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty (known as Dr. B. R. Shetty) is the Executive vice-chairman & chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi based NMC Healthcare and UAE Exchange.
The hospital will be handed over to Shetty on lease period of 30 years and other three CA sites in and around the hospital are also handed over to him for expansion, as decided by the state cabinet.
As Stated by law minister TB Jayachandra to TOI, Shetty wanted to take this work in the memory of his mother who was born in Udupi, and thus the project was given to him in this regard. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty (known as Dr. B. R. Shetty) is the Executive vice-chairman & chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi based NMC Healthcare and UAE Exchange.
The hospital will be handed over to Shetty on lease period of 30 years and other three CA sites in and around the hospital are also handed over to him for expansion, as decided by the state cabinet.
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